<DIV><div> Describing both traditional and novel techniques, <I>Indexing: From Thesauri to the Semantic Web</I> gives information professionals and students of library and information sciences a broad and approachable introduction to the art of indexing, an interesting but often highly complex field. Author Pierre de Keyser makes difficult techniques understandable, explaining how traditional techniques, such as thesauri, are often at the core of new techniques, like automatic indexing, ontologies or topic maps. Covering all types of indexing, as well as related literature, websites and freeware, topics include:</div><UL> An introduction to subject headings and thesauri Automatic indexing versus manual indexing Techniques applied in automatic indexing of text material Automatic indexing of images Indexing moving images Automatic indexing of music Taxonomies and ontologies Metadata formats, tagging, and topic maps Indexing the web and the Semantic Web</div>